Portobello / Ruth Rendell.
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TextPublication details: London : Hutchinson, Random House, 2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 278 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780091925857 (pbk.)Subject(s): Secrecy -- Fiction | Middle-aged men -- Fiction -- England -- London -- Middle-aged men -- Fiction | West End (London, England) -- Social conditions -- Fiction | Notting Hill (London, England) -- FictionGenre/Form: Psychological fiction. | Suspense fiction. DDC classification: 823.914 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Sample text Summary: Walking to the shops one day in London's Notting Hill, fifty-year-old Eugene Wren discovers an envelope on the street bulging with cash. A man plagued by a shameful addiction, Wren hatches a plan to find the money's rightful owner. Instead of going to the police, or taking the cash for himself, he prints a notice and posts it around Portobello Road. This ill-conceived act creates a chain of events that links Wren to other Londoners--people afflicted with their own obsessions and despairs. As these volatile characters come into Wren's life--and the life of his trusting fiancée--the consequences will change them all.
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| JKRC Social Science Complex | JKRC Social Science Complex | 823.914 REN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | O A 5625 (17262) | BCL4295 |
Walking to the shops one day in London's Notting Hill, fifty-year-old Eugene Wren discovers an envelope on the street bulging with cash. A man plagued by a shameful addiction, Wren hatches a plan to find the money's rightful owner. Instead of going to the police, or taking the cash for himself, he prints a notice and posts it around Portobello Road. This ill-conceived act creates a chain of events that links Wren to other Londoners--people afflicted with their own obsessions and despairs. As these volatile characters come into Wren's life--and the life of his trusting fiancée--the consequences will change them all.
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